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scaffy

scaffy noun: a street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector.

Noun

scaffy (plural scaffies)

  1. (Scotland, colloquial) A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector.
    • The scaffies were out, hosing down the pavement. I liked the aura of early morning – it felt like the end of the world, which suited my mood.2009, Tony Black, Gutted, page 135

Forms of scaffy

pluralscaffies

Origin of scaffy

From scavenger (“street sweeper”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Questions about scaffy

What does scaffy mean?
Scaffy means a street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector.
What part of speech is scaffy?
Scaffy is a noun.
What is the plural of scaffy?
The plural of scaffy is scaffies.

Words near scaffy in the dictionary

  1. scaffoldlike
  2. scaffolds
  3. scaffoldwide
  4. scaffoldy
  5. Scaffs
  6. scaffy
  7. Scafidi
  8. Scafidis
  9. scag
  10. scagged
  11. scagging

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